ZETA CLASS CALENDAR






Friday, May 26:
CW: area and volume/circles

HW due Tuesday, 5/31: complete any unfinished parts of the review packet and STUDY!! Suggestions: Re-read the reference pages and practice the problem sets again on a separate sheet of paper, then check your answers. Practice old problems from homework, classwork, warm ups, etc. Email me if you'd like additional practice problems!

Thursday, May 25:
CW: Review Day 7 continued - trigonometry

HW due Friday, 5/26: complete page 27

Wednesday, May 24:
CW: Review Day 7 - trigonometry

HW due Thursday, 5/25: Complete examples 1 and 2 on page 25

Tuesday, May 23:
CW: Review Day 6 - similarity

HW due Wednesday, 5/23: Complete pages 22 - 23

Monday, May 22:
CW: Review Day 5 continued - triangle proofs

HW due Tuesday, 5/23: read pages 19 and 20, complete page 21

Friday, May 19:
CW: Day 5 - triangle proofs

HW due Monday, 5/22: Read pages 15 and 16 and complete problems on page 17

Thursday, May 18:
CW: Day 4 - transformations

HW due Friday, 5/19: complete classwork:


Tuesday, May 16:
CW: Day 3 continued - partitioning a line segment and the beginning of transformations

HW due Thursday, 5/18: Complete the 2 transformation problems on page #13 (notice that each problem has multiple parts). The Final Exam Review document is attached towards the top of the wiki.

Monday, May 15:
CW: Final Exam Review Day 2 wrap up and onto Day 3 - midpoint and distance

HW due Tuesday, May 16:


Friday, May 12:
CW: Final Exam Review Day 2 - angles

HW due Monday, 5/15... complete classwork:


Thursday, May 11:
CW: Final Exam Review Day 1 - basic Geometry vocabulary

HW due Friday, 5/12:


Tuesday, May 9:
CW: Mazer Tag competition and conclusion

No HW due Thursday, 5/11

Monday, May 8:
CW: start of Mazer Tag competition

HW due Tuesday, 5/9: look over what is missing (homework, quizzes) and make a plan for getting it done! REALLY do this!

Thursday, May 4:
CW: How do we calculate the position of our mirrors?

HW due Friday, 5/5: Complete the last two pages of the packet. The first is a draft for you to decide where your obstacles will be and where your starting point will be. On this draft, you will ensure there is a path to get to the goal using a maximum of two mirrors. On the final, you will draw the obstacles and starting point only.


Tuesday, May 2:
CW: introduction to the Mazer Tag project and review of how to measure and draw angles of specific measures

HW due Thursday, 5/4... design a Mazer Tag board:


Monday, May 1: Circles Test


Monday, May 1:
CW: Circles Test

No HW due Tuesday, 5/2

Friday, April 28:
CW: circle review stations

HW due Monday, 5/1: Study for your CIRCLES TEST

Thursday, April 27:
CW: circles review stations

HW due Friday, 4/28: Unless you have completed all 4 stations we worked on today, you are responsible for completing one more at home. Here are the stations each of you chose:
Marcus: 1 (this may not be right because you did this, right?) Maniya: 1, Paola: 1, Ean: 4, D'Jean: 1, Ethan: 1, Brayden: 1, Helena: 2, Jordan: 1, Ryann: 1


Tuesday, April 25:
CW: continue circle practice test

No HW due Thursday, 4/27

Monday, April 24:
CW: 1. review of circles quiz; 2. start working on circles practice test

HW due Tuesday, 4/25: Memorize the equation of a circle seen below. Be sure you know that (h, k) is the center and r is the radius, AND know that (x, y) is any point on the circle.
general-formula-equation-of-circle-2.png

Friday, April 21:
CW: 1. sector area or arc length word problem; 2. unwinding from Geometry PARCC

No HW due Monday, 4/24 (the no homework vacation is over next week!)

Thursday, April 20:
CW: sector area

No HW due Friday, 4/21

Tuesday, April 18:
CW: 1. reviewing PARCC practice problems, 2. arc length and sector area

HW due Thursday, 4/20... complete #13 - 18 in the 8.5 Sector Area section of the document below... ask if you have a question about which problems you need to complete:


Thursday, April 13:
CW: reviewing equation of a circle, inscribed angles, central angles

HW due Friday, 4/14: review for the CIRCLES QUIZ tomorrow. Use the practice quiz and answer key from class today:


Tuesday, April 11:
CW: central and inscribed angles

HW due Thursday, 4/13... complete the classwork packet:


Monday, April 10:
CW: more circle vocabulary, introduction to central angles

HW due Tuesday, 4/11... complete through #12:


Friday, April 7
CW: circle vocabulary

HW due Monday, 4/10... complete the homework and be sure the examples from the classwork are done:


Thursday, April 6:
CW: more practice on the equation of a circle (with challenge problems)

HW due Friday, 4/7:


Tuesday, April 4:
CW: 1. PARCC practice on computer; 2. equation of a circle

HW due Thursday, 4/5:


Monday, April 3:
CW: practicing using the PARCC calculator and equation editor

HW due Tuesday, 4/4:




Tuesday, March 21:
CW: 1. more practice identifying 3-D figures and finding volume; 2. cross-sections of 3-D solids

HW due Thursday, 3/23:


Monday, March 20:
CW: practice identifying 3-D figures and finding volume

HW due Tuesday, 3/21: Be sure classwork is complete and complete #1-10 of the homework:


Friday, March 17:
CW: area and volume

HW due Monday, 3/20:


Thursday, March 16:
CW: trigonometry quiz

HW due Friday, 3/17:


Tuesday, March 14: Trigonometry Quiz - SNOW DAY, quiz postponed to Thursday, 3/16

Monday, March 13:
CW:trig. practice quiz

HW due Tuesday, 3/14: study for your trig. quiz! Use the practice quiz and answer key!

Friday, March 10:
CW: What is the relationship between the sin and cosine of angles that sum to 90 degrees?

HW due Monday, 3/13:


Thursday, March 9:
CW: 1. more trigonometry word problems

No HW due Friday, 3/10

Tuesday, March 7:
CW: 1. mixed review - finding the missing side and missing angle in a triangle; 2. introduction to trigonometry word problems

HW due Thursday, 3/9... complete through #6:


Monday, March 6:
CW: using trigonometry to find a missing angle of a right triangle

HW due Tuesday, 3/7... complete #9-16:


Thursday, March 2:
CW: using trigonometry to find the missing side length of a right triangle

HW due Monday, 3/6:


Thursday, March 2: Project Due


Wednesday, March 1:
CW: dilations quiz (moved from Tuesday because I was out)

No HW due Thursday, 3/2 (PSAT/SAT day!)

Tuesday, February 28: Dilations QUIZ

Friday, February 24:
CW: forming sin, cos, tan ratios

HW due Monday, 2/27:


Thursday, February 23:
CW: introduction to trigonometry

HW due Friday, 2/24... complete the "Example" boxes at the bottom of the third page (there are three boxes):


Tuesday, February 21:
CW: 1. dilations practice; 2. similarity project

HW due Thursday, 2/23:


Friday, February 17:
CW: continuation of dilations

HW due Tuesday, 2/21:
1. be sure #13, 15 are complete

2.

Thursday, February 16:
CW: introduction to dilations

HW due Friday, 2/17... complete #4, 6:


Tuesday, February 14:
CW: 1. review for quiz; 2. similarity quiz; 3. honors similarity quiz (extra credit opportunity)

No HW due Thursday, 2/16

Tuesday, February 14: Similarity Quiz! Make sure you are able to 1: Define the difference between similarity and congruence. 2. Determine whether or not triangles are similar when given information about their angles. 3. Find the missing side lengths given similar triangles.

Monday, February 13:
CW: review for Similarity Quiz (TOMORROW!)

HW due Tuesday, 2/14: review for similarity quiz

Thursday, February 9:
CW: PARCC open response scoring

HW due Friday, 2/10... Complete quiz review:


Tuesday, February 7:
CW: finding triangles similar by "Angle Angle" (AA)

HW due Thursday, 2/9... complete the classwork (you must attempt each problem):


Monday, February 6:
CW: applications of similarity

HW due Tuesday, 2/7... Complete the following:


Friday, February 3:
CW: applications of similarity

HW due Monday, 2/6: You must bring your classwork packet from Friday back on Monday. This is actually worth a homework grade. DO NOT LOSE IT!


Thursday, February 2:
CW: findig missing values in similar figures

HW due Friday, 2/3: Finish the classwork... the last two problems are trickier, you must attempt them!


Tuesday, January 31:
CW: 1. continuation with similarity; 2. more practice with dividing a line segment into a specific ratio (example - 2:3)

No HW due Thursday, 2/2

Monday, January 30:
CW: introduction to similarity

HW due Tuesday, 1/31... complete #8-10 in the packet we started in class:


Friday, January 27:
CW: continuation of proportions and mystery triangles

HW due Monday, 1/30: complete proportions problems... remember, work must be shown for full credit!


Thursday, January 26:
CW: introduction to new unit with review of ratios and proportions

HW due Friday, 1/27... complete #1-8:


Tuesday, January 24
CW: 1. midterm review; 2. partitioning a line segment into a ratio

HW due Thursday, 1/25... complete #8 (there is a blank coordinate plane at the very back of the packet):


Monday, January 23:
CW: review of Part 1 of midterm

HW due Tuesday, 1/24... review #1-4 that we went over in class (practice the problems again with the answers covered up!):


Thursday, January 19:
CW: part 2 of midterm

No HW due Monday, 1/23 BUT, if you owe me any assignments from Q2 (especially Tetris project corrections), get those to me on Monday.

Midterm: January 18 and January 19 (Wednesday and Thursday)

Wednesday, January 18:
CW: part 1 of midterm

HW due Thursday, 1/19: review for part 2 of midterm... focus on midpoint and distance problems and proofs

Tuesday, January 17:
CW: brief review of proofs and time to practice problems for midterm

HW due Wednesday, 1/18: Please study for your midterm. See below for the many resources you can use!

Friday, January 13:
CW: review of transversals (alternate interior angles, corresponding angles, etc.)

HW due Tuesday, 1/17... STUDY FOR THE MIDTERM! Study materials available to you (plus old classwork, homework, etc.):


(both transformation reviews contain answer keys)
LOTS of problems, solution page at the end


Thursday, January 12:
CW: transformations review (Unit 2)

HW due Friday, 1/13:


Tuesday, January 10:
CW: How did we do with the Unit 1 Review? Checking understanding with practice quiz

HW due Thursday, 1/12: complete pages 3 and 4 of practice test:


Proof Children's Book due Tuesday, 1/10 (final). Ms. Rapoport handed back rough drafts with comments on Friday.

Monday, January 9:
CW: completion of Review Day 1

HW due Tuesday, 1/10: final draft of proof children's book


Friday, January 6:
CW: Midterm Review Day 1 (basic terms, midpoint and distance formula)

HW due Monday, 1/9... complete Day 1 review:


Thursday, January 5:
CW: CPCTC proofs (corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent)

No HW due Friday, 1/6

Wednesday, January 4:
CW: review grade report and additional proof practice!

HW due Thursday, 1/5: Complete rough draft of proof story... Ms. Rapoport's sample is below as are the instructions (remember that my sample is not perfect!):


Tuesday, January 3:
CW: proving triangles congruent

HW due Wednesday, 1/4... be sure #4 is complete:


HW due Thursday, 1/5: Complete a rough draft of the proof story... Ms. Rapoport's sample is below as are the instructions (remember that my sample is not perfect!):


Monday, December 19:
CW: proving triangles congruent

HW due Tuesday, 12/20: complete your "starred" proof... contact me if you are unsure!

Thursday, December 15 (Ms. Rapoport out):
CW: more proofs with additional reasons (bisectors, midpoints!)

HW due Friday, 12/16: complete classwork packet:


Tuesday, December 13:
CW: introduction to proofs!

HW due Thursday, 12/15... complete #5:


Monday, December 12:
CW: 1. remainder of quiz, 2. conditional statements (if/then)

HW due Tuesday, 12/13:
1. Write two conditional statements that are not related to Geometry.
2. Write two conditional statements that are related to Geometry.

Thursday, December 8:
CW: Triangle Congruence Quiz 1

HW due Monday, 12/12: study for remainder of quiz!

Tuesday, December 6:
CW: 1. work on practice quiz including work identifying corresponding parts; 2. practice on ixl.com

HW due Thursday, 12/8... complete remaining problems (3, 4, 8, 9, 10)


Monday, December 5:
CW: clean up "angle puzzles"

HW due Tuesday, 12/6... complete #1, 2, 5, 6, 7 of the practice quiz:


Thursday, December 1
CW: more practice with triangle congruence

HW due Monday, 12/5... complete the last page:


Tuesday, November 29:
CW: introduction to triangle congruence

HW due Thursday, 12/1... complete page #6-7:


Monday, November 28:
CW: angle puzzles

HW due Tuesday, 11/29... complete all levels (must attempt each!):


Monday, November 21:
CW: triangle sum theorem practice... more difficult problems!

HW due Tuesday, 11/22... complete classwork:


Friday, November 18:
CW: angles quiz

HW due Monday, 11/21: Take the weekend to wrap up outstanding work (Tetris Transformation Project, work missed due to absences, etc.) Check PowerSchool to get caught up!

Friday, November 18: QUIZ: 1. solving problems using angle bisectors, 2, solving problems with vertical angles and linear pairs, 3. angles created by a transversal line, and 4. triangle sum theorem (the sum of the interior angles of any triangle is 180 degrees)

Thursday, November 17:
CW: practice quiz!

HW due Friday, 11/18: Work on practice quiz and CHECK THE ANSWER KEY!! See below:


Tuesday, November 15:
CW: 1. practice solving equations!, 2. all interior angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees (no matter the triangle!)

HW due Thursdsay, 11/17:
1. complete the Triangle Sum Practice:


2. Be sure the in-class project is ready for me to check. Have each set of angles glued or taped on a line and have all four sets glued/taped on the same paper labeled as "Equilateral Triangle", "Right Isosceles Triangle", "Scalene Triangle", etc. Please see Ms. Rapoport if you have questions!

Monday, November 14:
CW: solving problems with angles created by a transversal

HW due Tuesday, 11/16... complete the classwork (first document) and use the "Template" document as a support:


Thursday, November 10:
CW: solving problems with angles created by a transversal

No HW due Monday, 11/14

Thursday, November 10: Tetris Transformation Project Due

Tuesday, November 8:
CW: introduction to angles created by a transversal

HW due Thursday, 11/10... complete pages #3 on page 5. Tetris Transformation Project Due THURSDAY


Monday, November 7:
CW: introduction to angles created by a transversal

HW due Tuesday, 11/8... complete pages 3, 4 of the electronic file (2 and 3 of your hard copy):


Friday, November 4:
CW: angle pairs

HW due Monday, 11/7... complete page 1:


Thursday, November 3:
CW: 1. project work time; 2. measuring and bisecting angles

HW due Friday, 11/4: Work on your project (due Thursday, 11/10). Please note, that this will be the last day that this is assigned as homework.

Tuesday, November 1:
CW: Tetris Transformation Project

HW due Thursday, 11/3... complete the DRAFT GRID for GRID 3 (see project attached below)

Monday, October 31:
CW: Tetris Transformations Project

HW due Tuesday, 11/1... fill in the bottom of the draft grid:




Tuesday, October 25: UNIT 2 TEST

Tuesday, October 25:
CW: Transformations Test

No HW due Friday, 10/28

Monday, October 24:
CW: practice on ixl.com

HW due Tuesday, 10/25: Study for the Transformations Test by practicing last 15 problems in the practice

Friday, October 21:
CW: the "Marcus method" of rotations, summary of what we have learned in transformations

HW due Monday, 10/24... complete 15:


Thursday, October 20:
CW: ixl.com review of transformations... see your email for which skills to practice if you would like to do more!

HW due Friday, 10/21... to be collected and graded:


Wednesday, October 19:
CW: more rotations!

HW due Thursday, 10/20... complete at least two more (we did the first one together):


Tuesday, October 18:
CW: rotations with a center other than the origin (tricky!)

HW due Wednesday, 10/19: Using the coordinate plane you received in class, do the following:
1. draw a triangle (this will be the pre-image)
2. choose a center of rotation
3. perform a 180 degree rotation
4. using the same pre-image, perform a 90 degree counter clockwise rotation

You should have three triangles on the plane in the end.

Thursday, October 13:
CW: reflections and translations... what are the rules?

HW due Friday, 10/14: Study for the homework quiz on Friday. REMEMBER, you may use your Warm Up 4 and your 2.4-2.5 Reflection and Translation Rules work from today on the quiz. You may not use anyone else's worksheets.


Tuesday, October 11:
CW: reflections and translations

HW due Thursday, 10/13: Create a rule or set of rules to describe how your transformation "works". This should be able to help someone who doesn't know how to perform this transformation!

Friday, October 7:
CW: wrapping up symmetry and introducing the four transformations: reflection, rotation, translation, and dilation

HW due Tuesday, 10/11... complete your notes using the powerpoint:


Thursday, October 6:
CW: rotational and reflectional symmetry with quadrilaterals and regular polygons

HW due Friday, 10/7: Study for vocabulary quiz, which will take place tomorrow (Friday, 10/7). The words and phrases are below. You should have all definitions in your warm up and classwork:
1. quadrilateral
2. polygon
3. regular polygon
4. "maps onto itself"
5. "carries onto itself"

Tuesday, October 4:
CW: rotational and reflectional symmetry

HW due Thursday, 10/6... complete the "flags" on the back:


Monday, October 3:
CW: review of skills from Unit 1

HW due Tuesday, 10/4:


Friday, September 30:
CW: review of skills from test based on need

HW due Monday, 10/3: review practice in order to re-take portions of the Unit 1 test to earn points back:



Thursday, September 29:
CW: Introduction to Geometry Unit Test

No HW due Friday, 9/30

Monday, September 26:
CW: composite area practice

HW due Tuesday, 9/27: complete #1-6 on practice test:


Friday, September 23:
CW: trapezoid and circle area

HW due Monday, 9/26... complete pages 1-2, choose two problems from page 4 (email/text message/call if you are unclear!):


Thursday, September 22:
CW: 1. area challenge problem; 2. angles quiz

No HW due Friday, 9/23

Thursday, September 22: QUIZ on angle pairs and reasons
Memorize the reasons!!
A. Linear pairs form supplementary angles.
B. Vertical angles are equal in measure.
C. Angles at a point sum to 360 degrees.
D. Consecutive adjacent angles on a line sum to 180 degrees.
E. Complementary angles sum to 90 degrees.

Tuesday, September 20:
CW: 1. angle pairs with reasons, 2. area and perimeter

HW due Thursday, 9/22... complete #4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11:


Monday, September 19:
CW: writing reasons for solving angle pairs

HW due Tuesday, 9/20... complete problems from the classwork packet:


Friday, September 16:
CW: angle pairs

HW due Monday, 9/19... complete page 2:


Tuesday, September 13:
CW: 1. homework quiz: midpoint formula and distance formula; 2. introduction to angles

HW due Friday, 9/16... complete the 2nd page:


Monday, September 12:
CW: applications of the distance formula

HW due Tuesday, 9/13:


Friday, September 9:
CW: introduction to the distance formula

HW due Monday, 9/12... complete through #13:


Thursday, September 8:
CW: review of finding midpoint; finding the length of a line segment

HW due Friday, 9/9: complete page 2... be sure to answer the two questions at the bottom:


Tuesday, September 6:
CW: 1. reviewing midpoint and applying to more difficult problems; 2. review of Pythagorean Theorem (watch the video again if you want to review!)

HW due Thursday, 9/8:


Friday, September 2:
CW: finding the midpoint of a line segment

HW due Tuesday, 9/6... complete page 1-2:


Friday, September 2: Homework Quiz (we will review for this quiz in class on Thursday in order to prepare)

Thursday, September 1:
CW: Euclid group presentations

HW due Friday, 9/2: review for Homework Quiz. Homework to review... all are included on the Wiki:
  • 1.1 Introduction to Euclid Homework (8/26)
  • 1.2 Geometry Vocabulary Review Homework (8/29)
  • 1.2 Practice Basic Definition and Notation Homework (8/30)

Tuesday, August 30:
CW: 1. practice with basic geometric terms; 2. Euclid's axioms... preparing for group presentations

HW due Thursday, 9/1:


Monday, August 29:
CW: basic Geometry terms

HW due Tuesday, 8/30:


Friday, August 26:
CW: introduction to Euclid

HW due Monday, 8/29:
1. syllabus signed by someone from home
2. 1.1 Introduction to Euclid:


Thursday, August 25:
CW: syllabus review

HW due Friday, 8/26:


HW due Monday, 8/29... have someone from home sign the syllabus (attached at the top of the wiki)

Wednesday, August 24:
CW: introductions; perfect square activity

HW due Thursday, 8/25: